Biographies

Laura Pouttu was her own "beacon of light" through her dark and stormy childhood filled with disappointment, challenges, and tragedy. Also suffering from server epileptic seizures and brain injury problems, the odds were stacked against her. This is the...

The story of a prodigal daughter's wanderings from the mountains of Afghanistan to the wilderness of Canada. As a young adult, Judy Williams de Chantal left her job in the Pacific Northwest to spend a year traveling throughout Europe, the Middle East,...

Sam Campbell, the "Philosopher of the Forest," was a legend of the North Country. Once met, he was never forgotten, for he was a fountain of inspiration and buoyant enthusiasm. As one of the early pioneers in the environmental movement, his efforts were...

Among the most colorful of the early Seventh-day Adventist church workers was Stephen Nelson Haskell. A self-made man, fearless, and endowed with ingenuity, courage, and vision, Haskell led in a number of enterprises that were accepted and established by...

Life isn't easy. Bad things happen whether you are rich or poor, man or woman, Christian or non-Christian. The true test of a person is how he or she handles the good and bad times. It's what you do about your situation that matters most. John Goertzen...

The need to trust God is in every life, no matter how ordinary of extraordinary. My Unexpected Life is the life story of Mervyn Hardinge, MD, DrPH, PhD, whose life was anything but expected. Growing up in India, Hardinge's childhood was filled with...

One of the most important steps in every young person's life is coming to the place where you decide for yourself what you believe in. Lydia, A Seller of Purple is the true story of a Pennsylvania girl looking for answers and her purpose in the closing...

John N. Loughborough lived at a time when men went forth fearlessly to proclaim the three angels' messages, often traveling from place to place on foot or by borrowed conveyance, not knowing where they were to sleep at night or how they or their families...

At the time of this writing little was known of the life of James White, whose early passing brought to the forefront the well deserved respect and admiration of his wife, Ellen G White. "To provide interesting, accurate, and enlightening account of...

When Jack Zachary of Manitoba, Canada, accepted Christ as his Master, he began to spread his new faith. He lived a life of unbelievable hardship and peril in order to tell others—especially his own Ukrainian people—about the Saviour he had...

In this sequel to Sandy Zaugg's book Escape, we find Dieter Hain describing his student days and colporteur experiences. A budding romance and dormitory fire add excitement while he studies for the ministry in Germany. We follow him to Canada where he...

Raised in the backwoods country of the Ozarks, Tommie was no ordinary girl. Sporting red hair and freckles, she lived up to every inch of her tomboyish name. In A Girl Called Tommie, the author spends a year in the life of this remarkable girl as she...